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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Canal du Midi' has mentioned 'Toulouse' in the following places:
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| The canal runs from the city of Toulouse down to the xc3x89tang de Thau near the Mediterranean. | WIKI |
| Strictly speaking, "Canal du Midi" refers to the portion initially constructed from Toulouse to the Mediterranean xe2x80x93 the Deux-Mers canal project aimed to link together several sections of navigable waterways to join the Mediterranean and the Atlantic: first the Canal du Midi, then the Garonne which was more or less navigable between Toulouse and Bordeaux, then the Garonne Lateral Canal built later, and finally the Gironde estuary after Bordeaux. | WIKI |
| Profile of the Canal du Midi (distances in metres starting from 0 at Toulouse and height in metres above sea level) | WIKI |
| Its course runs for 240 kilometres between Marseillan, at a place called Les Onglous, where the canal opens into the xc3xa9tang de Thau near Sxc3xa8te and Toulouse at Port de l'Embouchure. | WIKI |
| The Canal du Midi is a summit-level canal, climbing from Toulouse on the Atlantic side over a distance of 52xc2xa0km to the Seuil de Naurouze or summit level, where the feeder canal enters. | WIKI |
| This longitudinal profile of the Canal du Midi shows it rising from Toulouse (1) to the Seuil de Naurouze (2), then dropping down to Castelnaudary (3), Carcassonne (4) and Trxc3xa8bes (5). | WIKI |
| King Franxc3xa7ois I brought Leonardo da Vinci to France in 1516 and commissioned a survey of a route from the Garonne at Toulouse to the Aude at Carcassonne. | WIKI |
| In 1650 another engineer also proposed to divert water from the Arixc3xa8ge to Cintegabelle to bring a non-navigable canal to Pech-David near Toulouse. | WIKI |
| Again, the question arose of how to carry water to the Seuil de Naurouze at a greater height than that of Toulouse. | WIKI |
| When Louis XIV received his proposal through the Archbishop of Toulouse (Charles-Franxc3xa7ois Anglure of Bourlemont) in 1662 he saw the opportunity to deprive Spain of part of its resources, and the opportunity to mark his reign with an imperishable work. | WIKI |
| Photograph of the Letter, Archives of the canal, Toulouse | WIKI |
| But, you will forgive my enterprise when you know that it is on the order of Monseigneur the Archbishop of Toulouse that I write to you. | WIKI |
| [25] Another route would pass by the Girou river and avoid Toulouse as in the preceding route. | WIKI |
| In 1663 Riquet conducted field studies to finally fix the path on the Atlantic side by the seuil de Naurouze along the valley of the Hers-Vif to Toulouse downstream of the Garonne. | WIKI |
| The navigable part of the river is downstream of Bazacle which was a ford in the centre of Toulouse, blocking navigation. | WIKI |
| [31] By passing through the Canal du Midi, Colbert hoped to distribute goods in the different regions of le Midi to strengthen royal power and open up Toulouse and its region. | WIKI |
| Map of the canal from Toulouse to Sxc3xa8te, 18th century or earlier | WIKI |
| The first enterprise of connecting Toulouse to Trxc3xa8bes was estimated at 3.6xc2xa0million livres. | WIKI |
| In November 1667 an official ceremony laid the foundation stone of the Garonne lock in Toulouse in the presence of representatives of the Parliament of Toulouse, the Capitouls (sheriffs), and the Archbishop of Toulouse, Charles-Franxc3xa7ois d'Anglure de Bourlemont. | WIKI |
| [43] A first filling of water was made between the seuil de Naurouze and Toulouse during the winter of 1671xe2x80x931672 and the first boat traffic could begin. | WIKI |
| At the inauguration of the canal at Toulouse on 15 May, the King's steward and the president of the Estates of Languedoc travelled first on the canal followed by many other boats carrying particularly wheat. | WIKI |
| [51] The king appointed a commission composed of Henri d'Aguessau, steward of Languedoc, Mr de la Feuille, Father Mourgues a Jesuit professor of rhetoric and mathematics at the University of Toulouse, two sons and two in-laws of Pierre-Paul Riquet, as well as Messrs. Andrxc3xa9ossy, Gilade, and Contigny. | WIKI |
| This commission embarked for Beziers on 2 May 1681 and went up the canal back to Toulouse over six days. | WIKI |
| The same people re-embarked at Toulouse on 15 May 1681 on a flagship boat followed by dozens of other boats. | WIKI |
| The same year the Canal de Brienne allowed the bypass of Bazacle - the ford on the Garonne in Toulouse which blocked the river. | WIKI |
| Finally, in 1857 the Canal latxc3xa9ral xc3xa0 la Garonne was opened between Toulouse and Castets-en-Dorthe, completing the link between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea that Riquet had dreamt of. | WIKI |
| Seven zones were defined in the west and the east: Toulouse, Naurouze, Castelnaudary, Trxc3xa8bes Le Somail, Beziers, and Agde. | WIKI |
| In Toulouse, a group of three people form a steering committee: the director general of works, the Receiver General who sets the fees, and the Comptroller General in charge of accounting. | WIKI |
| The journey takes four days from Toulouse to Sxc3xa8te. | WIKI |
| In 1684, travel from Toulouse to Agde cost 1 livre and a half. | WIKI |
| The wheat, wine, and alcohol could be exported from Lauragais to Toulouse, Bordeaux, and Marseille. | WIKI |
| The Canal du Midi in front of the Matabiau Railway Station (opened in 1866) in Toulouse | WIKI |
| Transport of goods at Toulouse | WIKI |
| In 1980 there were only two barges (the Bacchus, a wine carrier and the Espxc3xa9rance, a grain carrier) carrying regular traffic between Toulouse and Sxc3xa8te: they definitively ceased their activities in 1989 following the cessation of navigation pronounced by the Prefect of the Region due to drought. | WIKI |
| A paved stretch of 50xc2xa0km from Toulouse to Avignonet-Lauragais and another of 12xc2xa0km between Bxc3xa9ziers and Portiragnes are particularly suited to cycling and rollerblading. | WIKI |
| Boat on the Canal du Midi to the south of Toulouse | WIKI |
| While the canal was once seen as a tool of production, trade, and commerce it is now considered to be architectural and technical heritage as evidenced by the refusal of the mayor of Toulouse, Pierre Baudis, to allow space on the Canal du Midi to be used for an urban expressway. | WIKI |
| vteCanal du Midi Legend km (Distance from Toulouse) 240.1 xc3x89tang de Thau 000.0 xc3x89tang de Thau to La Nouvelle Branch Les Onglous Bridge Bagnas Lock Saint-Bauzille Bridge Prades Bridge Prades Lock Enter Hxc3xa9rault River Leave Hxc3xa9rault River Agde Round Lock Three-arched Bridge Railway Bridge Pont Neuf, Vias (N112) Agde bypass Pont Vieux, Vias Ouvrages du Libron Port Cassafieres Roquehaute Bridge Portiragne Lock Caylus Bridge Cers Bridge Villeneuve Lock Motorway Bridge (A9) Ariege Lock Capiscol Bridge Lift Bridge (disused, remains open) Footbridge Bridge Beziers Lock Bxc3xa9ziers Orb Lock Orb Aqueduct Fonserannes Lock andFonserannes water slope (disused) Narbonne Bridge Gourgasse Bridge Colombiers Bridge Colombiers Malpas Tunnel Regimont Bridge Poihles Bridge Trezilles Bridge (D11) Capestang Capestang Bridge Malveis Bridge Pigasse Bridge Seriege Bridge Pont Vieux, Argeliers Pont de la Province Railway Bridge 168.5 Junction with La Nouvelle branch 000.0 La Nouvelle Branch to summit level Truilhas Bridge Port de la Robine Cesse Aqueduct Pont Vieux, Le Somail Pont Neuf (D607) Saint-Nazaire Bridge Ventenac d'Aude Bridge Rxc3xa9pudre Aqueduct Paraza Bridge Roubia Bridge Argens Lock Argens-Minervois Bridge Pechlaurier Lock Ognon Bridge (D11) Ognon stop-lock (left open) Ognon Lock Homps Lock Homps Bridge Homps Jouarres Bridge Jouarres Lock Metairie du Bois Bridge Argent-Double Aqueduct Pont Neuf Rivassel Aqueduct Pont Vieux, La Redorte Puicheric Lock Railway Bridge (disused) Pont Rieux, Puichxc3xa9ric Aiguille Lock Saint-Martin Lock Fonfile Lock Marseillette Lock Marseillette Bridge Millegrand Bridge Millepetit Bridge Saint-Julia Bridge Trxc3xa8bes Lock Trxc3xa8bes Orbiel Aqueduct Rode Bridge Villedubert Lock Eveque Lock Mejeanne Bridge Conques Bridge Fresquel Single Lock Fresquel Double Lock Fresquel Aqueduct St John Lock Toulouse-Narbonne mainline Carcassonne Lock Carcassonne Pont de la Paix Iena Bridge Ladouce Lock Herminis Lock Lalande Lock Rocles Bridge, Pezens Caux-et-Sauzens Bridge Villesxc3xa9quelande Lock Villesxc3xa8quelande Bridge Saint-Eulalie Bridge Bxc3xa9teille Lock Diable Bridge Toulouse-Narbonne mainline Bram Bridge Bram Lock Sauzens Lock Villepinte Lock Villepinte Bridge Trxc3xa9boul Lock Criminelle Lock Peyruque Lock Guerre Lock, Saint-Martin-Lalande Saint-Sernin Lock Guilhermin Lock Vivier Lock Gay Lock Saint-Roch Lock Saint-Roch Bridge Grand Bassin, Castelnaudary Pont Vieux Castelnaudary Pont Neuf Laplanque Lock Domergue Lock Laurens Lock Roc Lock Mxc3xa9diterranxc3xa9e Lock La Sxc3xa9gala Bridge La Sxc3xa9gala 52.1 Summit feeder 52.1 Pierre-Paul Riquet Memorial 000.0 Summit level to Canal de Garonne Ocxc3xa9an Lock Toulouse-Narbonne mainline Autoroute des Deux Mers (A61) Port Lauragais Marina Emborrel Lock Encassan Lock Renneville Lock Hers Aqueduct Gardouch Aqueduct Laval Lock Vieillevigne Bridge Nxc3xa9gra Lock Enserny Bridge Sanglier Lock Aygues-Vives Lock N113 Basiege Bridge Montgiscard Montgiscard Lock Montgisgard Bridge Donneville Bridge Deyme Bridge Vic Lock Castanet Lock Port Sud, Ramonville Madron Bridge Ramonville Footbridge A61 spur Toulouse bypass Demoiselles Bridge Soupirs Footbridge Port Saint-Sauveur, Toulouse Saint-Saveur Bridge Port Saint-Etienne, Toulouse Guilhemxc3xa9ry Bridge Colombette Bridge Constantine Bridge Riquet Bridge Bayard Lock Matabiau Bridge Raisin Footbridge Nxc3xa9greneys Footbridge Minimes Bridge Minimes Lock Nymphxc3xa9e Footbridge Bxc3xa9arnais Lock Ponts Jumeaux 0.2 Junction with Canal de Garonne 0.0 Port de l'Embouchure, Toulouse | WIKI |
| Port Saint-Sauveur at Toulouse | WIKI |
| The first locks built on the Toulouse plain by Pierre-Paul Riquet were experimental and were not satisfactory. | WIKI |
| Toulouse has two ports: the port de l'Embouchure is located at the junction of the Canal du Midi, the Canal de Brienne, and the Lateral canal of the Garonne while Port Saint-Sauveur is located in the centre of town near the Hall of Grains. | WIKI |
| There were two other ports in Toulouse but they were destroyed for urban development. | WIKI |
| [96] It served as a stopover halfway between Toulouse and Sxc3xa8te. | WIKI |
| The canal has the following aqueducts (in order from Agde to Toulouse ): | WIKI |
| It was also the first aqueduct built by Pierre-Paul Riquet Orbiel aqueduct at Trxc3xa8bes (PK 117) Fresquel aqueduct (PK 109) was built beginning in 1800 and opened on 31 May 1810, as a result of the realignment of the route to pass through the centre of the city of Carcassonne, a city that refused to pay a share of the cost when the canal was first built Herbettes aqueduct, (PK 8), a new aqueduct at Toulouse completed in 1983, 74m long, to cross a four-lane motorway. | WIKI |
| The Canal du Midi, near Toulouse | WIKI |
| The Canal du Midi has five elements, namely the main section that connects Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) to xc3x89tang de Thau at Marseillan along the Mediterranean coast xc2xa0(Hxc3xa9rault) over a length of 240 km; the 36.6 km section between Moussan and Port-la-Nouvelle (Aude) which incorporates part of the former Canal de la Robine; the two branches that merge and flow into the canal at Naurouze (Aude) discharging the waters of the Montagne Noire; the Saint-Pierre Canal (1.6 km) which connects the main section of the Canal with the Garonne in Toulouse; the short section (0.5 km) that joins the Hxc3xa9rault to the round lock at Agde. | UNESCO |